Shipping package and holder for garments or the like.



No. 854,062. PATENTED MAY 21, 1907. M. M. STRAUSS. SHIPPING PACKAGE AND HOLDER FOR GARMENTS OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAURICE M. STRAUSS. OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SHIPPING PACKAGE AND HOLDER FOR GARMENTSOR THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1907.

Application filed June 20, 1904:. Serial No. 213,241.

'Holders for Garments and the Like, of which the following is declared to be a full, clear,- and exact description.

The invention relates to shipping packages for garments and seeks to provide simple and inexpensive means whereby suits and garments may be securely packed for shipment.

The invention consists in the features of improvement set forth in the following description, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved package showing the manner of folding the garments within the box. Fig. 2 is a view of the form showing the trousers folded thereon. Fig. 3 is a view of the downward holding form, and Fig. fl is a view of the modified construction of theform.

The improyed package is particularly designed for the shipment of a suit of mens clothes but may be used for shipping coats 01 other garments and ladies suits. When garments are packed in a box,- even if carefully folded, they are apt to shift about during transportation, particularly if the box is placed on its side or end and not carefully held in horizontal position. The garments are thus creased and wrinkled during shipment and require pressing before they are worn. Or if they are packed tightly enough to prevent them from shifting about in the box they become'wrinkled because so closely packed.

In accordance with the present invention, a flat box is employed and a fiat form slighly smaller than the box is fitted within the box about which formand over the front and back whereof, the garments are folded. The garments are by this means held securely in place, can not shift about and can be loosely packed so that they will not be creased or wrinkled during transportation.

The box 10 employed is fiat, preferably rectangular as shown, and of somewhat form or board.

greater width than boxes usually employed for shipping garments. The box is preferably formed as usual, of pasteboard and provided with a suitable cover.

The flat holding form 11 is somewhat s milar in outline to the box, is of slightly less width and length and fits snugly within the same.

The form shown in Figs. 2 and 3 is construct-- ed of a flat board of wood or pasteboard, preferably the latter, and of sufficient thickness to be quite rigid. At its upper end the .form is provided with inclined or curved portions 12 adapted to fit the shoulders of a vest or coat and the form and box of such width that these garments may be packed flatwise, as shown, without folding them down the back. In other words, the coat and vest are packed within the package in the same position in which they are held upon an ordinary coat hanger or in the same position in which they are worn so that the collars of the coat and vest are not broken.

The outline of the box 10 is indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3 and as shown, the form 11 is of similar outline but of somewhat smaller dimension. The form is provided with straight side portions 13 which extend closely adjacent and parallel with the sides of the box 10 and fit the sides of the coat and vest. By this arrangement, the coat and vest are held against collapsing and the sides held by the straight edges 13 snugly against the straight parallel sides of the box 10.

Across the board a slot 14: near the upper end of the form is arranged to receive the legs of trousers which are passed through the slot and folded over the flat front and back surfaces of the form, as indicated. If desired, a strengthening strip or strips may be secured to the upper part of the form about the slot 14.

Preferably, a loop 15 or other suitable hanger is attached, as shown, to the upper end of the form 11.

In making up the packages, the trouser legs are placed lengthwise through the slot 14 and extended downward therefrom over the fiat, opposite faces of the supporting The upper part of the trousers are then folded over the lower edge of the board, as indicated in Fig. 2. The vest and coat are placed over the shoulderengaging portions of the folding form or may be ,easily and smoothly folded over the hanger 15 at the upper part of the form.

e I, rangement may be used for thus filling in the to the loop 18 serves asmeans by which the Fig. 4, is in manner similar to that described structed of wire and is of substantially the outer frame isprovided as in the form pre- -the bottom wire 19 and the bottom of the board, the backs of these garments drawn smoothly over the' flat, inner face thereof and the fronts folded over its outer face. Garments thus folded about the supporting. form or board are then placed within the bdx 10, the sleeves of the coat are folded across the garments and the lower ends of the coat folded inwardly as shown. Preferably, the lower corners of the form are cut away as at 16 to prevent creasing the lower, folded ends of the coat.

The supporting form or board is sufficiently rigid and fits sufficiently snug within the box to prevent the garments from shifting edgewise, even if the box is roughly handled during shipment. The garments fiat surfaces of the form and are held in such smoothly folded position without becoming creased or wrinkled during shipment. The suit may be easily removed from the shipping box and hung up by means of the loop or The form 11 shown in Fi 4 is consame outline as that shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The edge of the form or holder 11 is constructed of a continuous piece of wire 17, bent to proper outline and having connected looped ends as 18 at their upper ends. This viously described, with inclined shoulder-- engaging portions 12, straight side portions 13 and inclined or cut-away portions 16 at their lower ends. A pair of cross wires 19 between the sides of the frame 17 at the upperend of the frame, together with a pair of short wires 20 connecting the wires 19, form a slot 14 to receive the legs of the trousers. If desired, the wires 20 may be adjustable on the wires 19. The outer frame .Work 17 forming the edge of the form is preferably filled in by connecting wires to orm supports over which the garment may be folded. Cross wires of any suitable arouter framework of the frame 17 of the form. In Fig. 4 a pair of wires 2Lconnect outer frame 17 and a short wire 22 connects the upper wire 19 and the loop 18.

If necessary or desirable, to provide a more extended support for the front and back of ployed if desired. A wire book 15 connected suit of clothes may be hung up when desired. The package made up in the form shown-in inthe form shown in Fig. 3. The trouser legs are passed through the slot 14 extended downwardly upon the back and front of the form and the upper portions of the trousers are folded over the lower end of the same.

seaoea The wires 21 and 19 and the lower edge of the frame support the trousers insmooth folded position and prevent them from being displaced during shipment. The coat and vest are placed over the shouldenengaging portions and fplded as before described. The straight side edges 13'hold the sides of the coat and vest snugly against the sides of the'box 10 and prevent them from shifting around or becoming displaced from their smoothly folded position. The cross wires of the form present a fiat support which further assists in holding the front and back of the coat and vest in place. l

It is obvious that numerous changes may be made in the details of the invention without departure from the essentials of the invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l 1. In shipping ackages for garments, the combination of a at, rectangular box, a fiat, rigid formof substantially similar outline fitting snugly within the box but freely removable therefrom, said form having inclined shoulder-engaging ortions at its upper edge and straight side e ges fitting the sides of the coat or like garment, and extending parallel with and closely adjacent the sides of the box, substantially as described.

2. A shipping package for garments comprising a flat rectangular box, and a fiat, rigid for'm board ofsubstantially similar outline fitting snugly within the box but freely removable therefrom, said form board having a transverse slot at its upper portion through which a pair of trousers may be placed and folded over the back and front surfaces thereof and said board also having inclined shoulder-engaging portions and a hanger at its upper edge, substantially as de scribed.

3. A pasteboard shipping package for garments comprisin a flat rectangular box and a-fiat, substantia ly rigid form constructed of a sheet of pasteboard', said form being of substantially similar outline as the box and snugly fitting within the same but freely removable therefrom, said pasteboard form havinginclined shoulder-engaging portions at its upper edge and straight side edges fitting the sides of the coat or like garment and extending parallel ,Witll and closely adjacent the sides of the box, substantially as described.

i. A pasteboard shipping package for garments comprising a flat rectangular box and a flat, substantially rigid form constructed of a sheet of pasteboard, said form being of substantially similar outline as the box and snugly fitting within the same butfreelyremovable therefrom and having a transverse slot at its upper portion throughwhich a pair of trousers may be placed and folded board about the slot therein, substantially as over the front and back surfaces thereof, and described.

- said form having inclined shoulder-engaging MAURICE M STRAUSS portions and a hanger at its upper edge and straight side edges extending parallel with Witnesses:

and closely adj aeent the sides of the box and LILLIAN PRENTICE, said form having a reinforcement of pastes ALBERTA ADAMIGK. 

